Proverbs 25:19

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Confidence in an unfaithful person in a time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint.

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  • 2 Chr 28:20-21 : 20 Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help. 21 Ahaz took some of the treasures from the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.
  • Job 6:14-20 : 14 To him who is despairing, kindness should come from his friend, or he will forsake the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brothers have acted deceitfully, like a wadi, like streams that flow away. 16 Streams dark with ice, where the snow conceals itself, 17 but when they are warmed, they vanish; when heated, they disappear from their place. 18 Caravans turn aside from their paths; they go into the wasteland and perish. 19 The caravans of Tema look for them, the travelers of Sheba expect them. 20 They are ashamed because they trusted; they arrive there and are disappointed.
  • Isa 30:1-3 : 1 Woe to rebellious children, declares the LORD, who carry out plans that are not mine and make alliances without my Spirit, adding sin to sin. 2 They set out to go down to Egypt without consulting me, seeking protection in Pharaoh's stronghold and taking refuge in the shadow of Egypt. 3 But Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, and refuge in the shadow of Egypt will bring humiliation.
  • Isa 36:6 : 6 Look, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, which if anyone leans on it, it will pierce their hand and wound them. So is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who trust in him.
  • Ezek 29:6-7 : 6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7 When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, making their backs give way.
  • 2 Tim 4:16 : 16 At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.

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